Away joy hands KTS Tarnobrzeg quarter-finals advantage

29 Jan 2018

Travelling teams fared well in the 1st leg of quarter-finals action in the Seamaster 2017-2018 Women’s Champions League as all four fixtures taking place from Friday 26th to Sunday 28th January produced away victories.

Polish club KTS Tarnobrzeg enjoyed a terrific outing in Austria as the top seeded team came away with a positive 1-3 result against host’s Linz AG Froschberg.

Han Ying was very much the star of the evening contributing two wins as Mo Zhang (12-14, 11-3, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7) and Sofia Polcanova (11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6) lost out to the expert defender while Tarnobrzeg’s third success came courtesy of Elizabeta Samara who saw off Linda Bergström with a confident display (11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10).

The other match to result in a 1-3 away win was hosted in France as TT Saint Quentinois failed to keep Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor at bay.

Turkish outfit Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyespor made a strong start to the tie with a fine performance from Hu Melek, who held off Daniela Monteiro Dodean in the opener (11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 13-11).

TT Saint Quentinois did manage to get a win on the board with Britt Eerland pulling off a straight games win against Yana Noskova (11-5, 13-11, 11-8), but it would prove to be a consolation result as Lee Ho Ching defeated Cheng Hsien-Tzu (11-5, 11-3, 11-8) and Daniela Monteiro Dodean (11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7) to complete the job for the visitors.

Another quarter-finals tie played out in France saw Cp Lyssois Lille Metropole and Croatian side Dr. Časl go head-to-head.

Fu Yu required the full seven games distance to see off Bernadette Szocs in a tense opener (12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 11-3) before victories from Doo Hoi Kem and Li Jie against Maria Xiao (11-9, 11-1, 11-6) and Agnes Le Lannic (11-6, 11-7, 11-6) rounded off a 0-3 win for the away team.